When I began singing, it was the first time I was happy in my life. As a baby, I would stop crying when I heard a great singer.

Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.

A career is like a house: it's made of many bricks, and each brick has the same value, because without any one of them, the house would collapse.

While they are kids, my children must do as I say.

I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the ones of the public.

Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of the fact that one life is not enough to improve just one single note of what has already been written and performed.

I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won't go away from home for more than two weeks.